It's at #8 John Robinson that I meet our dna match, James Robinson. I have to think that there is some confusion on the dna testing results, as this is rationally a good parent for Abiathar. He was first found in Royalton, Vermont courting Julia Ann Tuller who at age 15 was on the 1850 Royalton census. They married in 1852 in Tunbridge, right next door. There were 11 Smith families in Tunbridge on the 1830 census. I'm thinking Abiathar's mother came from Tunbridge while father was in Royalton. Amos's first wife's mother was Nancy Smith, while her daughter was Betsey Davis. Nancy was married to Asahel Davis Jr.b: 1750 Both died in Royalton, VT. I haven't a record of their birth places.

Susan's brother took the DNA test and we did not have a match, though it was a haplogroup R1b1. Luckily my genealogy program allows me to attach a child on many possible parents, so I have been using this ability. Without documentation, I have to guess. At the rate Robinsons marry into other Robinson families, we must be related to everyone. update: I've come back to this connection since it leads to John Robinson of Meppershall. As to the DNA, we shall see. No, we do not match with James Alden Robinson with our dna segments, but we do with the haplogroup. Perhaps this far away, more than 5th cousins, our matching will not show.

Notes: 9/13/12 Amos Robinson on the 1830 census is the only Robinson in Royalton in this year. He had 1 boy under 5 that could have been Abiathar. he had 1 boy from 5-9. He had 1 male from 20-29 and he was 30-39, born from 1791 to 1800. He had 2 girls under 5, 2 girls from 5-9 and 2 girls from 20-29. Abiathar was born December 1829. There were no Smiths in Royalton in 1830 but there were 11 Smiths in Tunbridge: Betsey, James, Joseph, 2 Josiahs, Moses, Abiathar and Julia Ann married in Tunbridge. Obadiah Sr, 2 Stephens, Timothy and William H. Smith. Usually a child carries the surname of his mother as a middle name. Next door on 1850 census of Royalton was Aaron Smith family age 50, Rebecca 53, Martha 14. Amos's first wife's mother was a Smith. Nancy Smith.

11/9/14 I switched to the brother of Amos, Hiram who married the Oswego girl, Almira Morgan. Abiathar insisted he was born in New York and later said Vermont. He raised horses. They could have been the Morgan horses. His son Frank, my grandfather, was so mad at Abiathar for not allowing him to rescue his horse out of the pasture that the bull was in and it was the Sabbath. Evidently the horse was injured or killed, causing Frank to leave home and never to return. As a married man, Frank handled a team of 4 horses in the transport business in Portland, Oregon. Maybe his learning about horses came naturally to him through grandmother Almira Morgan and her Morgan horses that her father, Justin Morgan, started. .

Connected to Ulysses S. Grant and Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Nadene Goldfoot
I could not believe my eyes. I connected my Robinson line to Ulysses S. Grant and Franklin Delano Roosevelt through Amy Allen Hatch, born 1684 in Falmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts. She was married to John Delano Jr, born in 1679 in Dartmouth, Massachusetts. She was my 6th great grandaunt. How I stumbled on this fact I cannot even remember now. My great grandmother, Julia Ann Robinson nee Tuller's mother was Asinath Durkee and her mother was Rebecca Hatch, b: 1791 in Vermont. The Hatches are on Julia Ann Tuller's family tree. Her maternal grandmother was Rebecca Hatch b: 1791 in Sharon, Windsor, Vermont. (added 3/22/17) Thus started the line of Hatches that have been so fruitful in finding amazing people.

Their daughter was Susannah Delano b: 1724 in Tolland, Connecticut. She married Captain Noah Grant Jr. who was the grandfather of President Grant. He was killed by Indians. Captain Noah Grant III was their son who married Rachel Miller Kelly of Connecticut. Jesse Root Grant b: 1794 was their son who died in Covington, Kenton, Kentucky. He had been married to Hannah Simpson. Their son was Ulysses Simpson Grant, General and President.

This caused my cousin Tom to realize that we could be connected to Franklin Delano Roosevelt as well, and sure enough. I went back to Amy Allen Hatch and looked at her husband, John Delano Jr. b: 1679 in Dartmouth, MA. His father was .Jonathan Delano b: 1647 in Plymouth, Massachusetts and was married to Mercy Warren, who also is on my tree. Richard Warren b: 1578 in England was the 13th signer of the Mayflower Compact and somehow I managed to get him on my tree through one of the Robinsons who may not even belong on my tree; I have so many. Mercy was his granddaughter through son Nathaniel.

Jonathan's 2nd son and only other one I know of was Thomas Delano b: 1704 in Dartmouth and was married to Jean Peckham. Their son was Captain Ephraim Delano b: 1733 married to Elizabeth Cushman. Their son was Captain Warren Delano b: 1779. (Notice how names like Warren pop up as middle names? It's like following a map in a way.) Warren married Deborah Church who died in 1827.. Then he married Eliza Parker in 1829 in Fairhaven, Bristol, Massachusetts. Deborah's son was Warren Delano II who married Catherine Robbins Lyman. His daughter was Sara Delano who married James Roosevelt b: 1824 in Hyde Park, New York. Their son was Franklin Delano Roosevelt. My, how important those middle names turned out to be!

If Amy Allen Hatch had not been born, look what we would have been deprived of. We never know how important we can be.
* note that I had Deborah Church and Eliza Parker turned around at first writing.

About Me

I'm the American Nadene Goldfoot. Another lives in England. I'm the one who went to Israel and lived there from 1980 to the end of 1985. I'm an amateur genealogist for our family who also has expanded interests into dna. I now spend my time writing in my 3 blogs teaching about Israel and defending her position.

On my tree I have found Rabbi Samson Wertheimer, RASHI, and King David through DNA testing. Another branch holds the kings and queens of England by genealogy. When current events become deplorable, I turn to this hobby for a lift. It's all whetted my appetite for ancient history of Israel.